Local food pick-up point Laari Lähiruokapiste opens in central Turku on Easter

Starting in April, Turku is trying out a new kind of sales and distribution channel for local food products in the urban environment. Local food pick-up point Laari Lähiruokapiste will be launched at Puutori.

Cooperation boosts efficiency in business area climate work

As part of the 6Aika – Six Cities Strategy, ILPO project supports cities in reaching their ambitious climate goals.

Tall ships to return to Turku in 2024

Turku will be hosting the Tall Ships Races in summer 2024. This will be the sixth time that the City hosts the event. The races will be held in Turku from Thursday to Sunday 18–21 July.

Kristiinankatu becomes a lively summer street in July–August

This summer, a novel approach to the use of urban spaces will be experimented on Kristiinankatu. The street is made more inviting with flower beds and pedestrian and leisure areas. Moreover, restaurants are allowed to expand their summer terraces on the street during the summer street experiment. The summer street is made even more vibrant by seasonal markets and various events organised on the Event Carpet.

Åbo stads servicekarta är nu tillgängligare än förr

Användargränssnittet för servicekartan för Åbo stad som lanserades i fjol gjordes tillgängligare och tydligare under höstlovet.

Turku-Based Restaurant and Sea Views Starring in an International Restaurant Series on Netflix

The restaurant Ruissalon Maininki located in Turku will be having considerable visibility in a restaurant series on the international streaming service Netflix, produced by Marblemedia. The visibility in an episode that is out internationally on Friday was arranged through collaboration between Visit Finland and Visit Turku.

This summer’s Ruisrock is cancelled due to the current coronavirus situation

The coronavirus epidemic has forced Ruisrock’s organizers to make the difficult but responsible decision and cancel the festival, which would have taken place in July.

Turku seeks to host Tall Ships Races in 2021

A proposal will be introduced to Turku City Board on Monday on the City of Turku seeking to host the Tall Ships Races event in 2021 and beginning negotiations on a host port contract with Sail Training International (STI). An opportunity to host the event for the sixth time came as the hosting port status of St. Petersburg was cancelled.

Municipalities seek efficiency and savings from blockchain technologies

The Northern Growth Zone cities are in the front line of blockchain technology utilisation. A pilot project, executed in cooperation with DBE Core Oy, started in January 2020. The objective of the digital pilot is to facilitate ordering processes and promote cooperation between cities.

Economic Growth of the Turku Shipyard Reflects on Whole Finland

Meyer Turku Oy known as the Turku shipyard is a very important local operator in the economic area of Turku and in Southwest Finland. The regional impacts of the Turku shipyard extend to the whole country because even three-fourths of its direct supplier companies are domestic.